be beset with legal troubles被*困扰
turn voters against him
wrest-ed control of sb. 夺取*权力
strengthen the likehood可能性
huge poll lead over sb.
in that bag/bit
race/competition still wide open正火热进行？
compete over=compare: Republicans compete over who would be the toughest opponent for her.

manoeuvres of Democratic candidates against Clinton are also starting in earnest.跟克林顿竞争的民主党候选人也开始认真筹谋。
Only by dint of借助 masterful manoeuvre have they been able to defeat the infuriated enemy.
burgeoning middle-class come to covet black plates
turn a blind eye to transgression违法
treated with disdain
vehicular discrimination
at best tenuous connection
diplomat=envoy特使
potent有力有效 challenge
potent argument有说服力的证据
keep the lid on=hide/keep sth. a secret
toothless/shameless legislature
plainclothes officer
on the pretext of借口
China is no stranger to protests. Thousands occur

every year involving disparate groups of people:

peasants enraged at being turfed off their land by

local governments; city-dwellers whose houses are

being bulldozed to make way for development;

migrant workers complaining about not being paid;

and workers laid off from SOEs. But these

demonstrations are usually poorly organised, ill

co-ordinated and easily contained by local

governments.
be turfed off=be discarded/ejected赶走，驱逐
be bulldozed欺负威吓
poorly org./ill co-ordinated/easily contained
rife(common) with corruption
demobilize v.复员 demob 遣散，复员
a reserve army of unemployed ex-servicemen/verterance 一批失业退役军人
forging paper伪造文件
come to power militarily
dismantling of SOEs国有企业解体
grievance 不平委屈 resentment怨恨
supervise监督指导 surveillance监视监督

a few grim严酷的 seconds
landslide山崩
grove小树林
houses perched栖息，就位，位于on the steep slope斜坡
up/downstream
navigation-friendly 可通航的reservoir
brutally crush protests
allegation断言，主张abound of resettlement funds

lining使起皱 officials' pockets使官员的口袋鼓了起来
gullible易受骗的=easily deceived
gullish愚蠢的